Improvement in earth-augers



D. A. HANKS.

Earth-Angers. .N .153,434, Patentedluly 28,1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DAVID A. HANKS, OF MARQUETTE COUNTY, WVISOONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN EARTH-AUGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 153,484, dated July 28, 1874; application filed April 6, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID A. HANKS, in the county of Marquette and State of WiscoIr sin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Well and Post Augers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same.

I construct the pod of my auger the same as many others, and apply thereto a shaft, B, through the center of said pod retained above by plate 0, and extending below far enough to act as a guide, keeping the anger in place while it does its work. I also attach thebottom in a different way from others. The bottom is made of steel with cars, which are turned up and fastened to the pod by rivets. One of the ears, being at rightanglcs with the D. A. HANKS.

In presence of- JOHN BARRY, STEPHEN FALLIs. 

